Please help me I.D. these hub caps.

[Gary1953]

I saw these hub caps at the swap meet today. The hub cap vender did not know what they went to and I have never seen any thing like them before. The 'S' looks like a Studebaker. The black rectangles around the center are holes in the hub cap.
Does anyone know what these go to?
I would like to be able to tell the vender when I see him tomorrow.
Thank you,

[BobPalma]

I've never seen anything like them either, Gary.

But what is more confusing is the backside.

Take a look; there is no provision for those 'caps to be attached to a wheel!

No grippers, no tabs, no nothing!

Weird. BP

[Gary1953]

It looks to me like they would need the three clips like on a 1950 Champion.

[Welcome]

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Does anyone know what these when to?



Likely some mock-ups for Studebaker Engineering & Marketing review.

[StudeRich]

I think that is the answer, the Wheel Covers were made from Stude. Hub Caps and some other make wheel Covers like maybe, Ford Granada? That is how they stay on, the hub caps lock on the wheel!

That is my best guess, never saw Stude. Wheel Covers like that.

[studerex]

late 60s Simca

[Welcome]

late 60s Simca

Upon further review ....I would agree, SIMCA hubcaps!

[tempestan]

Agree.......they are Simca.....probably 14". tempestan

[kurtruk]

Are they aluminum? We've seen earlier smaller Simca (or was it Singer?) caps and they always seem to be aluminum.

[Chris_Dresbach]

[QUOTE=Welcome;482469]

Does anyone know what these when to?



Likely some mock-ups for Studebaker Engineering & Marketing review.

Great minds think alike Jim,

At first, they sort of reminded me of the display only caps on the gold prototype now in the SNM. They also have no clips that hold them on the wheels. (Why they are not currently on the car while on display in the SNM)

...Except I'm a slow reader sometimes...
Oops.

[fatboylust]

You can get another one here:

http://www.ioffer.com/i/1960-s-chrysler-simca-1-wheel-covers-hubcaps-70835576

And a couple more here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320444357201&crlp=1_263602_263622&ff4=263602_263622&viewitem=&guid=85d6f31512a0a0269ad7b767ffff72b0&rvr_id=127612065920&ua=WXI7&itemid=320444357201

[candbstudebakers]

Simca and I have some in the garage free if any one want to pay shipping.

[barnlark]

Thank goodness they aren't yet another prototype explanation for something of which we aren't sure until actual facts come along!

They last time I saw the prototype's 2 remaining aluminum wheel covers, they were on the gold fastback in the SDC Museum. They can also be seen on the cover of the last TW I received. They were in poor show condition at first, but are now very nicely polished by the folks there. They are simply spun aluminum and not of a very complex design.

If they are no longer on the car, as mentioned above, perhaps another pair are being reproduced? I've seen historical pictures with at least two forms of the Avanti wheel cover stamping by the engineering department on the black one and also a set of those same aluminum covers on it. Who knows what happened (and by whom) to those poor cars in the many years after 1962.

Yes, those two do not have clips and are very hard to remove without damaging them. They really fit tightly to the stock Studebaker wheels. I gently tapped them out from behind with a thin wooden dowel just to get air in the tires last year.

[DEEPNHOCK]

My first thought was they were Stant hubcaps...

[DEEPNHOCK]

Here's a pic of them on a car......
Jeff



and, as a side note.....
If anyone doesn't believe Simca stylists weren't impressed by Studebaker's and Packards designs.....



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